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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Bromelia pinguin (Bromeliaceae)

Common Names
Wild Pineapple
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
7,8-DIHYDROXY-15-PIMAREN-3-ONE 0 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Shoot 192.0 3430.0 -0.21 *
ASH 0 Shoot 10700.0 138000.0 0.82 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Shoot 0.0 1.7 -0.72 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 1070.0 15800.0 0.08 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 57000.0 713000.0 0.80 *
FAT 0 Shoot 1700.0 40000.0 -0.12 *
FIBER 15 Shoot 4000.0 90000.0 -0.98 *
IRON 6 Shoot 3.0 75.0 -0.57 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 3130.0 0.18 *
NIACIN 39 Shoot 4.0 57.0 -0.63 *
NITROGEN 0 Shoot 1410.0 35800.0 1.08 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot 225.0 5000.0 0.73 *
PINGUINAIN 3 Fruit *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 9000.0 113000.0 -0.99 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Shoot 0.4 9.0 -0.92 *
THIAMIN 31 Shoot 0.2 3.8 -0.87 *
WATER 0 Shoot 916000.0 925000.0 1.02 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Sedative 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tranquilizer 1 *
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Vasodilator 4 Martindale's 29th
Vulnerary 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).